Sentences with phrase «emotional press conference»

In a sometimes emotional press conference Thursday at the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago office downtown, Muslim leaders and educators condemned what they call barbaric and horrific mass kidnappings and other deadly attacks in Nigeria attributed to Boko Haram.

Patrick, who's raced NASCAR full - time since 2012 and raced IndyCar from 2005 - 11, announced in an emotional press conference earlier Friday that she would not race full - time beyond the 2017 season, stating that the two biggest races in North America would be her final time driving competitively before she retired.

In an emotional press conference in Bradley's final days, Defoe said: «He will always be in my heart for the rest of my life.

CITY HALL — The mothers of two young children killed last year when a runaway delivery van struck them on a Chinatown sidewalk attended an emotional press conference Wednesday to endorse a new law that toughen penalties against unsafe drivers.

Hayley's mother, May Ng, who attended an emotional press conference last month to push for the legislation, also lauded the new legislation.

Pausing at times to wipe away tears during the emotional press conference, Hinchey called his almost 40 years of service in Congress and the state Assembly «the greatest privilege of my life.»

Joining other elected officials at an emotional press conference convened by Brooklyn Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo outside Fort Greene's Ingersoll Houses — where a spray of gunfire on Sunday killed three men, one a senior citizen — Mr. Stringer lashed out at the mayor's claims about crime.

«Pat was knocked unconscious but miraculously she survived,» Mayor Bloomberg said during an emotional press conference at Staten Island Borough Hall.

In an emotional press conference just before Christmas, company president Ikuo Mori, fighting back tears, told a stunned media gathering, «Our decision was in response to the economic downturn.